Ash4Peace Plastic bottle washes up looking 'almost new' after nearly 50 years at seaThe Guardian - Kate LyonsCoastguard expresses shock after decades-old piece of debris ends up on UK beach A plastic washing-up bottle that is at least 47 years old has been found washed up on a beach in the UK with its lettering
Ash4Peace Study: Roundup Weed Killer Could Be Linked To Widespread Bee DeathsNPR - Vanessa RomoThe controversial herbicide Roundup has been accused of causing cancer in humans and now scientists in Texas argue that the world's most popular weed killer could be partly responsible for killing off
Ash4Peace US to be hit worse than almost any other country by climate change, report saysindependent.co.uk - Andrew Griffin The US will be hit harder than almost any other country by climate change, according to a major new report. The research is the first time that …
Ash4Peace What Is the Grand Staircase? Why Paleontologists Fight to Keep the LandInverse - P. David Polly, The Conversation Trump's Cuts to Grand Staircase Monument Threaten Key Paleontology Sites We've only revealed a fragment of its story. In the early 1980s, …
Ash4Peace California governor signs bill to reduce plastic straw use, cut waste 'choking our planet'CNBC - Jeff Daniels California Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday signed a bill to reduce ocean waste and the use of plastic straws in the state. The measure, Assembly Bill …
Ash4PeaceCalifornia California just struck a major blow against Trump’s offshore drilling plansThinkProgress - Patrick Smith The war between coastal governors and the Trump administration over offshore drilling escalated this weekend, as California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a …
Ash4Peace Gov. Brown signs bills to block Trump’s offshore oil drilling planLos Angeles Times - Rosanna XiaGov. Jerry Brown on Saturday signed two bills that would block new offshore oil drilling in California by barring the construction of pipelines, piers, wharves or other infrastructure necessary to transport
Ash4Peace Pipeline firm found guilty of criminal charges in Santa Barbara oil spillLos Angeles Times - Teresa WatanabeFor the record: An earlier version of this story, published Sept. 7 at 9:25 p.m., contained multiple errors, which have now been corrected. It said that a jury had found Plains All American Pipeline guilty
Ash4Peace Scientists get ready to begin Great Pacific Garbage Patch cleanupThe Guardian - Hannah SummersAmbitious project will involve a massive floating barrier that aims to collect up to five tonnes of plastics every month A team of scientists and engineers will on Saturday begin an ambitious cleanup plastics
Ash4PeaceThe Arctic The Melting Arctic Is a Real-Time Horror Story — Why Doesn’t Anyone Care?Rolling Stone - Jeff Goodell Last week, scientists learned that 40-foot piles of compacted sea ice — some of the oldest and most durable clusters in the Arctic — are breaking …
Ash4Peace California Moves to Require 100% Clean Electricity by 2045Bloomberg - Mark Chediak California lawmakers approved a measure mandating that all electricity come from wind, solar and other clean-energy sources by 2045, marking the …
Ash4Peace French environment minister quits: World 'not doing enough'Associated PressPARIS (AP) — France’s high-profile environment minister unexpectedly announced his resignation live on national radio Tuesday, lamenting the government’s lack of decisive action on green issues.
Ash4Peace Earth is the warmest it's been in 120,000 yearsMashable - Mark KaufmanThe last three Julys on Earth have been the three warmest ever recorded. But, they may also be the warmest months to occur on our planet in about 120,000 years. Following NASA's recent announcement that
Ash4Peace Plastic straw ban? Cigarette butts are the single greatest source of ocean trashNBC News - James RaineyCigarette butts have long been the single most collected item on the world’s beaches, with a total of more than 60 million collected over 32 years. Environmentalists have taken aim at the targets systematically,
Ash4Peace Climate change is melting the French Alps, say mountaineersThe Guardian - Simon BirchPermafrost ‘cement’ is evaporating, making rocks unstable and prone to collapse with many trails now deemed too dangerous to use For the tourists thronging the streets and pavement cafes of Chamonix, neck-craning
Ash4Peace Kroger, America's largest supermarket chain, bids farewell to the plastic shopping bagUSA TODAY - Rodney McMullenThe CEO of Kroger announces his plan to phase out single-use plastic bags to become a fully sustainable business with zero waste by 2025. The plastic shopping bag’s days are numbered. Major cities around
Ash4PeaceIcon version of the Flipboard logo Norway Has A Radical Approach To Plastic Pollution, And It’s Workinghuffingtonpost.com So why isn't the U.S. following suit?
Ash4Peace EPA admits Trump would sacrifice thousands of U.S. lives to save a few coal plantsThinkProgress - Joe Romm Trump's own EPA says his climate plan will worsen health of millions of kids, cost $50 billion President Trump’s own Environmental Protection Agency …
Ash4Peace Global warming can make extreme weather worse. Now scientists can say by how much.NBC News - James RaineyResearchers no longer hesitate to blame climate change for floods, fires and heat waves. Here's how the science works. When the heat waves, droughts, wildfires and deluges come — as they seem to with regularity
Ash4Peace US says conserving oil is no longer an economic imperativeAssociated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Conserving oil is no longer an economic imperative for the U.S., the Trump administration declares in a major new policy statement that threatens to undermine decades of government campaigns
Ash4Peace Paul Nicklen: ‘If we lose the ice, we lose the entire ecosystem’The Guardian - Kit BuchanThe photographer has been documenting life at the poles for years. He is determined to safeguard these fragile habitats When he was four years old, Paul Nicklen’s family moved to Kimmirut on Baffin Island,
Ash4Peace It’s the end of the Earth as we know it. Read all about it!The Guardian - Lucy SiegleContinued emissions could reach a tipping point that will drive the planet into an irreversible, self-reinforcing hothouse state Achieving “cut through” is a nightmare for climate change science. It’s
Ash4Peace Deadly, 40,000-foot fire tornado revealed in new videosMashable - Laura VittoHarrowing new footage released by California's firefighting agency Cal Fire reveals the massive fire tornado that led to the death of a firefighter on July 26. The fire tornado was part of the Carr Fire
Ash4Peace Zinke Caves On Plans To Sell Off 1,600 Acres Of Federal Land In Utahdailycaller.com - Tim Pearce Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke is scrapping a proposal to sell 1,600 acres of federal land in Utah after finding out about the plans from media …
Ash4Peace New Zealand Wants to Plant 1 Billion Trees to Fight Climate Changeglobalcitizen.org - Par Joe McCarthy Environmental rehabilitation is happening in other parts of the world, too. Trees play a critical role in counteracting climate change by pulling …
Ash4Peace U.S. court orders Trump administration to enforce chemical safety ruleReuters - Timothy GardnerWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Friday ordered the Trump administration to immediately implement an Obama-era chemical safety rule introduced in response to a 2013 explosion at a fertilizer
Ash4PeaceOil The endangered 420 million year-old fish that may meet its end thanks to an oil companytheoutline.com - Oscar Schwartz An oil company is choosing to drill right on top of a tiny colony of coelacanths. Around 420 million years ago — back when all seven continents were …
Ash4Peace Sea turns red with blood after whale hunt in Faroe IslandsCNN - By Judith Vonberg and Lauren Kent, CNN(CNN) — Images of a whale hunt in the Faroe Islands 200 miles north of Scotland have sparked renewed anger from conservationists and animal activists. The pictures show dozens of whales being herded a
